She is the Side Character! — Watch Her Change her fate!-Chapter 258: Must You Marry Your Savior After Being Rescued from the Water? (Part 29)

Chapter 258: Chapter 258: Must You Marry Your Savior After Being Rescued from the Water? (Part 29)

Ah Chen knew Lin Daming had connections; what he said didn’t really surprise her.

"Grandma isn’t in the Capital City anymore?" she asked.

"Your grandpa was traveling and adventuring when he was young, and he met your grandma who was on a journey down the mountain. She saved him, and later they had feelings for each other. Your grandma followed him back, immersed in love, being a carefree martial artist from the mountains. She didn’t care about family status or identity. At that time, your grandpa was deeply in love with your grandma, and there was no one else around him, but he couldn’t marry her. They stayed together and spent a few sweet years. However, the Princely Heir always needs an Heir’s wife, and that day came."

"Your grandma also had a temper. Since your grandpa was going to marry, she planned to leave. But then she had your father, me, so she stayed, moving to a secluded small courtyard. In my memory, she didn’t smile much, only when practicing her sword did she seem happy for a while."

"At first, Father thought she was sad because your grandpa changed his mind and prioritized the children of the first wife, immersed in sorrow. Later, Father realized she was actually a carefree person, liking what she liked. Even though she got this outcome, she might be a little sad but wouldn’t dwell on it. If it weren’t for me, she might have left long ago. She was helpless, unable to let me go, afraid that I would be bullied if she left."

"After understanding this, I persuaded her to leave. Father had some talent in martial arts and had learned most of what your grandma taught, believing he could protect himself." Lin Daming chuckled lightly, but in such places, martial arts alone were not enough; if not careful, one could be easily schemed against.

At that time, he wasn’t very smart and was often schemed against.

"After my repeated persuasion, she left, but often sent things and letters to me; we kept in touch. Of course, I didn’t share my troubles with her. Until the family arranged a marriage for me, and your grandpa decided without considering my opinion, causing trouble and bringing disgrace to the Marquis Mansion." Speaking of this, Lin Daming was rather proud, adding, "Father regretted it; he should have made a bigger fuss, ideally causing chaos in the whole Marquis Mansion."

Ah Chen: ...

It was clear, her father had quite a rebellious nature – more than a hundred pounds worth.

"In short, the scene at that time was quite big; Father was even sent to jail, accused of being unfilial." Lin Daming sneered, "Actually, he didn’t like me because of another reason as well, Father wasn’t smart, not popular, easily fell into traps, and because of your grandma, Father didn’t like him either."

Ah Chen was curious: "How was it resolved later?"

Her intuition told her it was related to her grandma.

Lin Daming coughed twice, his face somewhat flushed: "Your grandma returned, she stirred trouble at the Marquis Mansion every night discreetly, causing unrest day and night, hitting your grandpa with the evidence of Father’s framing. She even warned that if I was harmed, the Marquis Mansion would never be at ease."

Thus, he had an impressive mother!

At the time, she even scolded him as useless, having such high martial arts skills but waiting to be punished instead of breaking out of jail, calling him pedantic.

Ah Chen looked approvingly; no wonder her father climbed Shen Xuan’s rooftop at night, obviously learned from grandma.

"Your grandpa liked your grandma, negotiated many terms, hoping she would stay. But she didn’t agree, even planning to take me away. After asking my opinion, she reminded me to be independent, telling me she couldn’t always be by my side. Once I made up my mind, she took me away." Lin Daming said, "After I chose a place and settled down, she left a large sum of silver and departed. Later, she returned once, at my wedding."

He didn’t know where she went, maybe somewhere far away.

"Listening to this, does Chenchen have any thoughts about the Wuyuan Hou Mansion in the Capital City?" Lin Daming asked.

He truly didn’t want to return there at all; even if he did, Marquis Wu Yuan would recognize Chenchen as the granddaughter, as he still remembered his mother, despite having a good wife.

It was too complicated there.

Ah Chen laughed, shaking her head: "Father has left there; why should I recognize them? As long as Father doesn’t mention it, it’ll be hard for them to recognize us, right?"

"Indeed, it’s been over twenty years." Lin Daming affirmed, relieved that his daughter truly had no intention of going back.

"Father tells you this mainly to teach you martial arts and to take you to see a play in a few days."

"Your talent shouldn’t be wasted; it’s my fault too, I should have taught you earlier. Perhaps by now, you’d be a master." Lin Daming felt a bit guilty, for many times he indeed didn’t do well, even not being a smart person.

"Father, I live better than them." Ah Chen said this on behalf of the Commissioner, Lin Daming indeed did enough, truly keeping the Commissioner’s daughter in his heart.

He was a first-time father; how could he foresee everything, and couldn’t be perfect in everything.

Not to mention this era, even in more open times, Lin Daming as a father was already considered excellent.

"Father said he wanted to take me to see a good play, what’s that?" Ah Chen asked, though she knew.

Lin Daming lowered his voice: "To tell you honestly, after the bandit incident, Father suspected it was Shi Wen and Qin Cheng scheming, because prior to this, Father detected strangers at the Shi Family. After observing for a while, just a few days ago, Father finally caught the scene of that person and Shi Wen plotting..."

Lin Daming recounted what he heard earlier and how he had sent messages to Ying Bairong.

"I’ve already warned Ying Bairong; he’s no fool. Knowing he can’t handle them, he’ll surely seek help, and this help will inevitably be County Magistrate Shen."

"Chenchen, just wait and watch the play, they certainly won’t escape this time." Lin Daming rubbed his palms.

"Today, Qin Cheng got engaged with a girl from a merchant family." Lin Daming suddenly said, "Reportedly a heroic rescue."

Ah Chen was surprised; she hadn’t heard of this.

"Father inquired a bit; Qin Cheng should have saved her by accident, not deliberately scheming."

Ah Chen looked with smiling eyes, really a twist of fate. Originally he was about to get what he wanted, but now he got nothing.

On the day Ying Bairong invited Qin Cheng to admire the maple leaves, Lin Daming closed his pork shop, having informed people in advance.

The next day, he took Ah Chen out to play, accompanied by a tail—Shen Xuan.

Learning the father and daughter were going to view the maple leaves, Shen Xuan was surprised, quite a coincidence, his father seemed to have arrangements today.

With Lin Daming as an expert, he had no fear of Ah Chen being in danger. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Suddenly, he snapped back.

[Could the person sending messages to Ying Bairong be Lin Daming?]

System: [Host, you’re very smart.]

Shen Xuan: Unsure whether it’s a compliment or sarcasm.

[I suspect my future father-in-law is here to watch the play today.]

System: [Host, you’re very smart.]

Shen Xuan speechless: [Are you a repeater?]

Ah Chen was amused, quite lively.

Shen Xuan watched her smile, wanting to say something, but the future father-in-law was nearby.

Unable to get close and say something, he went beside to buy two sugar-coated haws.

Ah Chen took the sugar-coated haws handed by Shen Xuan, smiling even more happily.

Lin Daming took the sugar-coated haws from his future son-in-law, almost rolling his eyes.